strides

elenora is amazing. yesterday afternoon she was on her tummy and she was pushing her arms up so her chest was off of the ground. i was talking with k. and suddenly elenora was flipped over on her back! she sort of looked at me with a surprised look. then she took it upon herself to figure out how to roll herself back over onto her tummy. then she did it again and again. today we went to j.'s folks' house and we put her on the rug on her back and she immediately flipped herself over to her tummy without a struggle at all. what a strong little girl. she'll be crawling in no time. i can't believe she's almost four months old.

this was elenora right after she rolled from her tummy to her back:

here she is on her belly... i think she looks like me here. funny how the chubbier she looks in a picture the more Me i see in her!

she's also talking in long strings of complicated sentences. her little tongue moves around her mouth and her inflection goes up and down as if she's trying it out and learning her vocal range. she's just incredible. she wakes up around 5:40 every morning and lies in bed jabbering. it's so cute i don't even mind being awakened then.


oh, and also she laughed again today!


i love her.


j. did indeed quit his job. he came home smiling and happy. we went to my ebscoland holiday party and it really felt like a celebration. it was so fun to be out together and to be able to be affectionate without listening for a baby to call me away from him. we danced and drank wine and ate shrimp and scallops wrapped in bacon and salmon and beef tenderloin... it was so much fun. i've trained so many people that i know a ton of people now. it was great to introduce j. to them all. he said he could tell how much they all love me.





j. also said that he gives me an A+ as a mother so far. i don't mind.